I have been busy crocheting a granny stripe blanket though, as I felt the need to work with lots of colour during the winter.
random colours
on a single bed
the edging
Lots of inspiration and practical help from Lucy's blog at Attic24 - thank you Lucy!
I wanted it to be a couch sized, snuggle blanket for my daughter to take to uni later this year, but I also wanted it to look good on a single bed to brighten up her uni room.
The stats for those of you interested:
54 stripes (2 rows per stripe).
Starting chain - can't remember. I think I just hung the chain over a single bed with a bit hanging down each side, but as the blanket works best vertically on a single bed this follows no logic at all!
Random colours from my stash
Edging adapted from Lucy's - I had a few false starts - all down to my inability to read Lucy's edging pattern properly. In the end I just made the two treble rows, half treble rows so it wasn't so deep, but the rest worked fine when I followed the instructions!
Mr NMDS wanted to know why I was making another blanket when we are awash with them already - for a while I told him I was making another one for Alf (our cat) just to annoy him. He just doesn't get the need to crochet. . .
xx
